Demagogue

Trailing in the polls, Senator Rick Santorum is more truth-challenged than usual. He is trying hard to portray himself as a staunch defender of Social Security. Santorum's website offers this one-sentence summary of the senator's position on Social Security:

Wrote the "Social Security Guarantee Act," guaranteeing seniors' benefits can never be cut.

But the AARP reported last year that a bill co-sponsored by Santorum "would lead to cuts in guaranteed Social Security benefits."

It's also no surprise that Santorum's website neglected to identify him as an enthusiastic backer of the Bush proposal to partially privatize Social Security.